Wildlife

Wildlife

Mammals seen in or very near our yard include the Javelina seen here. Scroll down for mammal list.

Javelina trotting through the yard

Tres or quattro amigos!

Morning Constitutional

Javelina (lots of those little peccarys)

Black Bear

White Tailed Deer

Mule Deer

Coue's Deer

Ring-tailed Cat (Cacomistle, miner's cat)

Grey Fox

Coyote

Coatimundi

Raccoon

Wood Rat aka Pack Rat

Kangaroo Rat

Rock Squirrel

Grey (Tree) Squirrel

Chiricahua Fox Squirrel

Chipmunk

Striped Skunk

Hooded Skunk

Mexican Free-tailed Bat

Mexican Long-tongued Bat - (nectar feeding, seen at all our hummingbird feeders on summer nights)

Lesser Long-nosed Bat - (nectar feeding, seen at all our hummingbird feeders on summer nights)

AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES in the VICINITY of PARADISE

Compiled by our neighbor and friend, Richard G. Zwiefel, Ph.D.

FROGS and TOADS

Mexican Spadefoot Spea multiplicatus

Red-Spotted Toad Bufo punctatus

Canyon Treefrog Hyla arenicolor

Chiricahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis

LIZARDS

Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris

Greater Earless Lizard Cophosaurus texanus

Mountain Spiny Lizard Sceloporus jarrovii

Clark's Spiny Lizard Sceloporus clarkii

Striped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus

Greater Short Horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi

Desert Grassland Whiptail Aspidoscelis uniparens

Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis exsanguis

Sonoran Spotted Whiptail Aspisoscelis sonorae

Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii

SNAKES

Sonoran Whipsnake Masticophis bilineatus

Mountain Patch-Nosed Snake Salvadora grahamiae

Gopher Snake (Bull Snake) Pituophis catenifer

Black-Necked Garter Snake Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Yaqui Black-Headed Snake Tantilla yaquia

Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake Crotalus molossus

Insects, Bugs and Beetles

Butterflies - nearly 140 of the approximately 180 Chiricahua species have been found within a one-mile radius of Paradise.

Vinageroon

Walking Sticks

Millipedes

Centipedes

Tarantuala Hawks

Yellow Jackets

Honey Bees

Mosquitoes - (especially after the Monsoons, bring your Cutter's!)

Many Butterflies and moths we can't identify

Sun Spiders (Sol Pugid)

Arachnids include: tarantulas, wolf spiders, "pillow spiders" and more